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Tusch, Erich G. – School Administrator, 2012
The prospect of radically changing teaching and learning by issuing a laptop computer to every student and teacher is an exciting one, but it carried big risks and would take time and thorough planning to execute well. But even thorough planning can't prevent the unanticipated. In this article, the author counts six major surprises during his time…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Laptop Computers, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Chester, Eric – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
While technology has made communicating "easy," it has done so at the cost of communication that is "meaningful." And for information to be internalized to the point where it is remembered, used and valued, it must be meaningful. In other words, technology makes it easy to disseminate massive amounts of information to the masses, but teaching a…
Descriptors: Computers, Young Adults, Work Ethic, Job Applicants
Foster, Andrea L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
The forbidden-laptop zone is territory into which few professors dare tread. Students have been known to protest when laptops are banned from a classroom, and even claim that they are being denied a proper education. Professors who have taken the bold step, though, sound like they've experienced an epiphany. A professor at the University, Don…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), College Faculty, Computers, Law Students
Bosley, Sara – Adults Learning, 2011
Everyone knows that lack of internet access can reinforce the social and economic disadvantages already facing some older people. Recognising the divisive nature of digital exclusion, the government has invested 2.8 million British Pounds in Get Digital, a project that will enable sheltered housing residents to develop computer and internet…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Computers, Housing, Educational Technology
Shih, Yi-Hsuen; Liu, Min – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
As technology evolves rapidly, users of technology products and interactive computing systems are no longer only satisfied with the levels of product efficiency and effectiveness. Users are also looking for emotional satisfaction from using and interacting with the products. With powerful interactive features technology can potentially deliver…
Descriptors: Computers, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Uses in Education, Computer System Design
Selwyn, N. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
Despite huge efforts to position information and communication technology (ICT) as a central tenet of university teaching and learning, the fact remains that many university students and faculty make only limited formal academic use of computer technology. Whilst this is usually attributed to a variety of operational deficits on the part of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computers, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education

Harrison, Allison W.; Rainer, R. Kelly, Jr. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Discussion of user satisfaction with computers focuses on a study that tested the construct validity and reliability of the End User Computing Satisfaction Instrument. Highlights include the relationship of user satisfaction and computer attitudes, computer anxiety, computer skill, and computer usage; and implications for the management of…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computers

Clark, Penney – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Argues that textbooks are still important to social studies instruction and promotes the comparison of outdated textbooks to current ones as a means for developing students' critical thinking. Asserts that textbooks should be considered as another tool for instruction alongside computers in order to provide students with a wide range of resources.…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computers, Critical Thinking, Educational Benefits
Colevins, Helen; Bond, Diana; Clark, Kathy – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Returning registered nurses face an uphill challenge when re-entering their field. To help ease the technology shock for nurses who have been out of the field for more than 5 years, info pros in one medical library collaborated with administrators of a nursing education program to purchase Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and load them with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Nurses, Medical Libraries, Hospitals
Norris, Cathleen; Shin, Namsoo; Soloway, Elliot – Educational Technology, 2007
This article proposes three guidelines for mobile technology design that address the needs and goals of teachers who are considered mainstream with regard to technology use. Devices should be easy to learn and use, focused on the curriculum, and instruction-friendly. Only if the three guidelines are followed by hardware and software developers…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Computers

Beer, Ann – English Quarterly, 1994
Uses brief accounts by undergraduate students of their experiences with computers and word processing to investigate gender-related differences in attitudes toward computers and to explore why computers seem to reflect back to many women a learned sense of technical incompetence. Focuses on themes of power, caring, and self-esteem. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Females

Filipenko, Margot J.; Rolfsen, Gloria – Canadian Children, 1999
Expands on an interview with a practicing teacher to examine the criteria used to decide how to incorporate computers into the preschool curriculum. Identifies and explores four areas of concern: equipment requirements; learning how to use the computer; learning how to manage the computer center; and choosing software. (DLH)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education
Rourke, Jim – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Defines the digital homeless as those middle-aged persons running schools, businesses, and the country who are lacking in computer and technology skills and uses. Describes the efforts of the American Technology Honor Society (ATHS), a student group whose mission is to share technological knowledge with peers, teachers, administrators, and the…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
McNierney, Donna J. – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2004
This paper, the result of a professional collaboration, addresses two key issues that are certainly challenging and relevant to public and private school teachers today as they begin to integrate technology into their planning and teaching curriculum. The case study examines one teacher's journey in learning and developing appropriate uses of…
Descriptors: Computers, Teachers, Educational Technology, Computer Software
Knupfer, Nancy Nelson; Rust, William J. – 1997
This paper discusses the relationships between males and females, the computer culture, the influence of mass media, and community. Mass media images of society reflect and reinforce the stereotypes and realities of gender tracking, separating males from females beginning in childhood and extending through adult life. There is evidence of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community, Computer Attitudes, Computers
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